Moroccan Wives and Fiancees and Ladies Please Help!

[caybee 21]

My husband says that he should go back to his home town (Ouarzazate) and do his passport, and any other paperwork there.

Seriously, it shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks in a village vs. the big city.

I've also heard that Rabat can be quite prejudiced/snobby towards people who come from a village.

Good luck,

Carolyn

My husband seconds this. Same thing happened to a friend of ours. He says the guy "handling" it is sitting on it to get more money. He said to take his birth certificate to the passport office in the town where he was born. It cost my husband 300 dh for the stamp. That's all he had to pay. Good luck.

[sereia 0]

my husband agrees with those above too. it only took him a few weeks to a month to get his (he also needed a new id card for some reason) but he did say the stamp was 600dh though. hmm..

[Yassine et Martha 0]

hi

you really dont have to worry about it,first did he apply for his passport 5 months?the probleme of your man migth be the change of his ID,well beeing rubed from the person in the mukata is not applicable,the stamps are 100dh and 300dh,the whole payment of the passport cost 600dh with no more than 45 days to get it,is it the first passport?and after all no worries because when he get his interview,he just need to show them the paper and the pass in hand in 5 days,if he did applied for the passport 5 months and nothing yet,ask him to go to the amel of rabat,he can check,and with god willing everything will be fine,and best luck

[AlHayatZween 2]

Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for the insight and the advice. And Rachid, thank you for the websites. My fiance went on Thursday, and they told him it will be ready on Monday (we've heard this before, but...!) That the problem was he changed his identity card and needed the "number" or the hanoot where he works... (I'm still skeptical of all of this, but...)

The good thing is that inchallah, we are going to Ouarzazat for the Eid, and maybe, if this is not all resolved by then, we can start the passport process over again... I hope it doesn't come to that, but it is an option at least...

Thanks again for all the good ideas and support!

Hope we all have some good news soon,

hz

[morocco4ever 63]

Hi Everyone,

sorry i am usually so quiet around here. i kind of lurk in the K1 Visa Forum, but every once in a while i check in with MENA.

today something terrible happened. today i'm at my wit's end. those of you engaged or married to Moroccan men, can you please tell me if it was difficult for your SO to get his passport from the Moroccan authorities?

my habibi and i have filed all of our papers, we're anxiously awaiting our NOA2, and in the meantime, my fiance is trying to get all his documents together. we knew the passport might take a while, but it's been 5 months! that's a lot of time, no? he knows someone who works in the mukata, (the passport section, i guess?), who is "helping him" and every time, he goes to ask about the passport, they give him a different answer. they've been telling him "come back next week," "come back tomorrow at 3," "come back next Thursday," and it's never ready. supposedly, he's been issued a receipt number, but how do we know if it is even valid?

have any of you experienced this? is it normal for a Moroccan citizen to have to wait 5 months for a passport?

please help. i just want to cry...

hz

ok first in which city does ur husband live? mine took 2 months but that's not normal, alot of ppl get it within a month. mine was late because a stupid woman that take the papers when u first file didn't tell me that in 2 weeks I need to go to the police station to do some paper work there. so mine was held there for a month.

you should ask ur husband if they told him to go to the police station.

5 months is NOT normal at all.If I was him I'd go there and b*tch my a$$ off

Wow Tarik...you've not even entered the US yet and you already learned those words???

OP: I hope the information you got from Tarik helped and you can resolve this soon. I'm glad you brought up this issue because it reminded me that my husband should see about getting his new passport started shortly.

well thats what we get from watching alot of americans movies

Hahahaha....my husband says the same thing because I know I never taught him this #######.

As for the OP, I think you have greased the wrong palms here. He probably heard that he had an American wife/fiance and took advantage of it. I doubt you can get the money back, but I wouldn't give him another dime...maybe a kick in his a$$. I do believe it is because he changed his identity card, but if you pay the right person it won't be that much, but it will get done faster.

Its really funny, I would never have suggested that for getting a passport here in the US! I know we have our share of corruption, but it is at a higher level. They wouldn't bother with us little people.

[AlHayatZween 2]

Salaam everyone,

I just wanted to let you know, since you were all so helpful.

We finally got the passport! Alhamdulilah!

Now, for more waiting on this side of the pond...

Thanks again,

hz

[Skouri 2]

Salaam everyone,

I just wanted to let you know, since you were all so helpful.

We finally got the passport! Alhamdulilah!

Now, for more waiting on this side of the pond...

Thanks again,

hz

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE

[Malarie 0]

Hi Everyone,

sorry i am usually so quiet around here. i kind of lurk in the K1 Visa Forum, but every once in a while i check in with MENA.

today something terrible happened. today i'm at my wit's end. those of you engaged or married to Moroccan men, can you please tell me if it was difficult for your SO to get his passport from the Moroccan authorities?

my habibi and i have filed all of our papers, we're anxiously awaiting our NOA2, and in the meantime, my fiance is trying to get all his documents together. we knew the passport might take a while, but it's been 5 months! that's a lot of time, no? he knows someone who works in the mukata, (the passport section, i guess?), who is "helping him" and every time, he goes to ask about the passport, they give him a different answer. they've been telling him "come back next week," "come back tomorrow at 3," "come back next Thursday," and it's never ready. supposedly, he's been issued a receipt number, but how do we know if it is even valid?

have any of you experienced this? is it normal for a Moroccan citizen to have to wait 5 months for a passport?

please help. i just want to cry...

hz

My husband had to bring his daddy with LOLLLLLL --- It depends on where your hubby is from and how corrupt that city is .... it is a pain to get anyhing in Morocco --- I'm thinking that they are looking for "a cup of coffee" possibly extra strong???

Good Luck,

Malarie

[caybee 21]

Hi Everyone,

sorry i am usually so quiet around here. i kind of lurk in the K1 Visa Forum, but every once in a while i check in with MENA.

today something terrible happened. today i'm at my wit's end. those of you engaged or married to Moroccan men, can you please tell me if it was difficult for your SO to get his passport from the Moroccan authorities?

my habibi and i have filed all of our papers, we're anxiously awaiting our NOA2, and in the meantime, my fiance is trying to get all his documents together. we knew the passport might take a while, but it's been 5 months! that's a lot of time, no? he knows someone who works in the mukata, (the passport section, i guess?), who is "helping him" and every time, he goes to ask about the passport, they give him a different answer. they've been telling him "come back next week," "come back tomorrow at 3," "come back next Thursday," and it's never ready. supposedly, he's been issued a receipt number, but how do we know if it is even valid?

have any of you experienced this? is it normal for a Moroccan citizen to have to wait 5 months for a passport?

please help. i just want to cry...

hz

My husband had to bring his daddy with LOLLLLLL --- It depends on where your hubby is from and how corrupt that city is .... it is a pain to get anyhing in Morocco --- I'm thinking that they are looking for "a cup of coffee" possibly extra strong???

Good Luck,

Malarie

I hear you on that coffee!

[polarbear 0]

Salaam everyone,

I just wanted to let you know, since you were all so helpful.

We finally got the passport! Alhamdulilah!

Now, for more waiting on this side of the pond...

Thanks again,

hz

Congrats! And good luck on the rest of the process

[brnidokiegurl 0]

glad your prob is settled but as i just returned fr Morocco i saw the same thing. Ahmed knew friends who knew friends or we would have never gotten the paperwork done. We had men fr the court litteraly come to the house to do my religion paper, he took people in the car back and forth to get the papers filed, only to give them money and to have them call the next day wanting more, they made a mistake on one of the papers but the guy all of a sudden need coffee money to fix it. There you do have to have connections to get anything done. We were 2 1/2 weeks getting married and i believe this is quick, we saw couples at each place that had started before us and were still fighting for the papers.

[AlHayatZween 2]

glad your prob is settled but as i just returned fr Morocco i saw the same thing. Ahmed knew friends who knew friends or we would have never gotten the paperwork done. We had men fr the court litteraly come to the house to do my religion paper, he took people in the car back and forth to get the papers filed, only to give them money and to have them call the next day wanting more, they made a mistake on one of the papers but the guy all of a sudden need coffee money to fix it. There you do have to have connections to get anything done. We were 2 1/2 weeks getting married and i believe this is quick, we saw couples at each place that had started before us and were still fighting for the papers.

Absolutely! I agree, it's really hard getting used to the way things are done there. And now, we are waiting for NOA2 here! But we are happy for the passport at least... small successes and baby steps... And I'm excited because I'm supposed to see my habibi for the holidays in a few weeks... inchallah.

Hope everything is well with you, and thanks for the support,

hz

[myfellah 0]

So happy to learn he has his passport. I pray the rest of your journey is free of troubles and fast!

Good Luck

Doreen

[sarahaziz 0]

al hayet wallahh haraam malik they took your spouse for a ride tell him to see if he has any friends police or something like that that can help him get that done faster. My husband took only 3 weeks for the algerian passport I blieve maghreb is same to algeria when they work yeah? He didn't get bribed...hes a police and many police friends police are equally bad

oh thank god he has it now hahah i didnt read the other posts.

[salshi 1]

THIS IS A REALLY TOO LONG I GOT MY PASSPORT IN 2004 ONLY TOOK ME 3 WEEKS , NO BECAUSE OF THE NAME CHECKS THEY DO NOT LESS THAN 6 WEEKS BUT 5 MONTHS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HE MUST TELL THEM THAT HE NEEDS THE PASSPORT TO TRAVEL SOON AND ASK TO TALK WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR THERE